Janus Final Flight: Janus Paradisi, #2

By Andy McKell

May 2094: the Earth is failing. Its rich elites are fleeing on a fleet of spacecraft to a distant safe haven.

The final ship is in orbit preparing to depart. The last batch of passengers race across the world to catch the space elevator before the vessel launches.

Meanwhile, suicide bombers seek to destroy the elevator, launching tsunamis across the Pacific and cutting off access to the last remaining escape ship. Their only opposition is a private security team chasing just behind.

Will the dream of entering Paradise be destroyed?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Imaginary Friends Lux
• Release date: Jul 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386201724

Andy McKell

Andy was abducted by science fiction pulp magazines and fell in love with classic noir in his teens. After graduating, he worked in marketing, franchising, and computing in London and Luxembourg before launching his own web design company. In 2011, he sold the company and retired early to write, act, and travel.

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FINAL FLIGHT

by Andy McKell

Part Two of the Janus Paradisi Series

A Paradisi Chronicles Novella

FIRST PUBLICATION: April 1, 2018

This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, businesses, organizations, events or locales is entirely coincidental. All trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, and registered service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used herein for identification purposes only.

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First appearance

"Chronicle Worlds: Paradisi" anthology

Published October 31, 2016.

Editor: Ellen Campbell

FINAL FLIGHT

April 2094, Earth

D-Day Minus One

PanAtlantic Flight 3876: Munich to Quito

Uri Shakkal was on edge. Their schedule was tight. Too damn tight. Too many aspects lay in the hands of others. That meant too much could go wrong. Had already gone wrong.

They had one day to reach the objective.

His team was traveling in First Class luxury. You can’t take it with you, after all. And this was the last commercial flight any of them would ever take, so why not splash out?

Uri wished he were at the controls. He was sure he could squeeze more speed out of this craft.

Across the aisle, Yoshi was trying to get an ID from the blonde stewardess, so he could call her. Uri spoke softly to him. Why bother? You’ll never see her again.

Yoshi’s irrepressible grin cheered him a little. Oh, it’s just a game. But one I play to win.

Uri shrugged and glanced around at the rest of the team. Rachel and the others were dozing. His seat’s flight-tracker showed they were finally approaching Ecuadorian airspace.

He ran a hand over his shaved head and found stubble. It had been a long journey. The casual clothes he wore were rumpled and he needed a shower. He wanted this journey to be over, but could do nothing to speed up time.

He browsed the news services. There was nothing new. Israel and Iran were